a shared storysubmitted by Grace for team Iraq news377 weeks 6 days 20 hours 47 minutes agoIraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards.
President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, was headed to the city's central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when her motorcade was hit in...(more)

a shared storysubmitted by AB366 weeks 6 days 7 hours 42 minutes agoIraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.

a shared storysubmitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch277 weeks 2 hours 55 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has begun a series of meetings with foreign leaders who have come to Washington for his nuclear security conference....

a shared storysubmitted by Elizabeth367 weeks 5 hours 13 minutes agoDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."
In an interview broadcast Sunday during his first trip to Afghanistan, Obama said the U.S. needs to start planning now to send in more troops. He has called for an additional one to...(more)

a shared storysubmitted by Julia Leigh for team Iraq news322 weeks 5 days 18 hours 40 minutes agoReuters cameraman Ibrahim Jassam has been held since September. The U.S. military rejected a court order to release him, saying he is a 'high security threat.' No evidence has been presented.

a shared storysubmitted by Ari425 weeks 4 hours 14 minutes agoAFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt after Taliban militants fired rockets at a school where he was meeting with tribal elders, officials said Sunday.

a shared storysubmitted by Micca365 weeks 5 days 7 hours 19 minutes agoInfluential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals.
Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling...(more)

a shared storysubmitted by Grace for team Mysteries of the Universe318 weeks 6 days 2 hours 6 minutes agoMore than 50 years after a 7,600lb (3,500kg) nuclear bomb was dropped in US waters following a mid-air military collision, the question of whether the missing weapon still poses a threat remains.

a shared storysubmitted by GG92368 weeks 6 days 4 hours 6 minutes agoJohn McCain has called Iraq the "central front" of the war on terror, a crucible of America's ability to defeat violent Islamic extremists the world over.
But with record US casualties in Afghanistan in June, a resurgent Taliban, and new reports of Al Qaeda regrouping in northwest...(more)

a shared storysubmitted by Lisa for team Iraq news339 weeks 3 days 7 hours 50 minutes agoIraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians.
The move will deprive American diplomats of their main protection...(more)